This tea I ordered mostly as a curiosity to share with my beer-loving friends (as well as beer-loving myself) and even though I said I would try it with all of them when we meet this next weekend, my husband lured me into trying it last night, so here we go :D
Dry leaf of black base is mixed with delicious-looking peach pieces as well as leafy hops particles. It brews into an orange-ish liquour – more reminiscent of an IPA than a black tea blend (how thematic!). Smelled mostly of ripe peaches, with a bit of lingering bitter notes. The flavor pretty much reflected the aroma dot for dot – lots of peachiness balanced by the unusual, velvety bitterness. As I was nearing the bottom of the cup, the hoppy notes were stronger but never too strong. I would say that hops in this tea is more to underline the sweetness of peach rather than stand out on its own. While I was hoping for more hops experience I believe it could have been also very risky to make tea actually taste like… an IPA ;D This blend is extremely delicious as a peach tea though, and I usually have a problem with peach teas. This could be my favorite one.
If I have any left after tasting it with my friends next weekend, I will try to cold-brew some (yes, I got into cold-brewing lately, although I said before that I wasn’t too much excited about it, now I really like doing it!).
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I’m thinking about using ordering this tea for my husband as an excuse to place a Butiki order. Did you add a little sugar to it to try to bring out the hops?
Haha, any excuse is good for that! :D I didn’t add any sugar to it but I will definitely try it. Thanks :)
I’m thinking about using ordering this tea for my husband as an excuse to place a Butiki order. Did you add a little sugar to it to try to bring out the hops?
Haha, any excuse is good for that! :D I didn’t add any sugar to it but I will definitely try it. Thanks :)